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In the land of a thousand gods : a history of Asia Minor in the ancient world / Christian Marek, in collaboration with Peter Frei ; translated by Steven Rendall.

By: Marek, Christian, 1950- [author.]Contributor(s): Frei, Peter, 1925- [author.] | Rendall, Steven [translator.]Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Publisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2016Description: xix, 797 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780691159799; 0691159793; 9780691182902; 0691182906Uniform titles: Geschichte Kleinasiens in der Antike. English Subject(s): To 1500 | Geschichte Anfange-330 | Turkey -- History -- To 1500 | Turquie -- Histoire -- Jusqu'a 1500 | Turkey | AnatolienGenre/Form: History. | History.DDC classification: 939/.2 LOC classification: DS155 | .M3713 2016Other classification: 930 Online resources: Table of contents | table of contents
Contents:
Introduction : Anatolia between east and west -- Modern fieldwork in Asia Minor -- From prehistory to the oldest written culture -- The late Bronze and Iron Age -- The western Persian Empire and the world of the Greeks in Asia Minor (547/546 to 333 BCE) -- Monarchies, vassals, and cities from Alexander's Empire to the Pax Romana (331 BCE to 31 BCE) -- Imperium Romanum : the provinces from Augustus to Aurelian -- Asia Minor and imperial administration under the principate -- Economic, socio-political, and cultural conditions in the provinces of the Imperial Period -- Epilogue and outlook.
Summary: This monumental book provides the first comprehensive history of Asia Minor from prehistory to the Roman imperial period. In this English-language edition of the critically acclaimed German book, Christian Marek masterfully employs ancient sources to illuminate civic institutions, urban and rural society, agriculture, trade and money, the influential Greek writers of the Second Sophistic, the notoriously bloody exhibitions of the gladiatorial arena, and more.
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"First published in German under the title Geschichte Kleinasiens in der Antike, by Christian Marek, Verlag C.H. Beck oHG, München 2010."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 691-725) and index.

Introduction : Anatolia between east and west -- Modern fieldwork in Asia Minor -- From prehistory to the oldest written culture -- The late Bronze and Iron Age -- The western Persian Empire and the world of the Greeks in Asia Minor (547/546 to 333 BCE) -- Monarchies, vassals, and cities from Alexander's Empire to the Pax Romana (331 BCE to 31 BCE) -- Imperium Romanum : the provinces from Augustus to Aurelian -- Asia Minor and imperial administration under the principate -- Economic, socio-political, and cultural conditions in the provinces of the Imperial Period -- Epilogue and outlook.

This monumental book provides the first comprehensive history of Asia Minor from prehistory to the Roman imperial period. In this English-language edition of the critically acclaimed German book, Christian Marek masterfully employs ancient sources to illuminate civic institutions, urban and rural society, agriculture, trade and money, the influential Greek writers of the Second Sophistic, the notoriously bloody exhibitions of the gladiatorial arena, and more.

"First published in German under the title Geschichte Kleinasiens in der Antike, by Christian Marek, Verlag C.H. Beck oHG, München 2010."